American naval officer & explorer (1888-1957)
The things that mankind has tested and found right make for harmony and progress -- or peace; and the things it has found wrong hinder progress and make for discord. The right things lead to rational behavior -- such as the substitution of reason for force -- and so to freedom. The wrong things lead to brute force and slavery.
RICHARD E. BYRD
Alone
If the expedition had failed, which it might well have done with all hope centered in just one plane, I should still be trying to pay back my obligations.
RICHARD E. BYRD
Skyward
At the end only two things really matter to a man, regardless of who he is; and they are the affection and understanding of his family. Anything and everything else he creates are insubstantial; they are ships given over to the mercy of the winds and tides of prejudice. but the family is an everlasting anchorage, a quiet harbor where a man's ships can be left to swing to the moorings of pride and loyalty.
RICHARD E. BYRD
Alone